Seventh Austin Asche Oration in Law and Governance - 'Making detention safe and humane: can we grasp a once-in-a-generation opportunity?'

When

19 Sep 2017

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Location

Nitmiluk Lounge Level 4, Parliament House, Darwin

Speaker: Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner

Time and date: 5pm, Tuesday 19 September 2017

Venue: Nitmiluk Lounge Level 4, Parliament House, Darwin

Edward Santow commenced his five-year term as Human Rights Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission in August 2016. Ed was previously a Senior lecturer at UNSW Law School and a research director at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law. His areas of expertise include human rights, administrative and constitutional law, discrimination and freedom of information.

Ed leads the Commission's work on the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT), which the Government announced it would ratify in February 2017, committing to establishing a regime of independent inspections for all places of detention in Australia. Ed will consider whether we can grasp this new opportunity.